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In college, I began to draw memorial portraits for friends and family who had lost loved ones. For me, this was a way to express my sympathy for their loss, especially when I felt that words were not enough. As I witnessed people’s reactions to my drawings over the years, I began to understand the significance of memorial portraits. I realized that these drawings helped to preserve a person’s memory in a way that a simple photograph could not. Eventually, I decided that it wasn’t fair to only offer drawings to friends and family, so I created J.Gordon Memorial Portraits with the hope that my drawings might help others preserve the loving memories of those who have gone before us.